Weezer have been "forced" to cancel their gigs in Manchester and Scotland's T in the Park festival, due to the tight scheduling of their next single, 'Island In The Sun'. The band have to shoot the video and to use the director they want - Marcos Siega, who directed 'Hash Pipe' - they have to start filming on July 7th, when the Manchester gig was going to take place.

In a statement on their official website, it says: "NO ONE likes to cancel shows and disappoint fans. Its (sic) really a case of 'two evils', and the only thing that tipped it in favor of the video was the fact that the shows can be rescheduled/replaced, while the video is pretty much 'now or never'."

Quite why they didn't choose to use a different director is not stated. In any case, they plan on playing a more extensive tour nearer the end of the year to "make up for it". It also says on their website that the band's appearences at the Reading/Leeds festivals are unlikely to go ahead.